Hampshire Roll

This is a tasty and traditional Dessert from the English County of Hampshire.

Ingredients

225g Unsalted Butter
175g of Caster Sugar
3 Eggs
2 Tbsp of Double Cream
Grated Zest of 1 Orange
175g of Plain Flour
Pinch of Salt
700g of Eating Apples
175g of Apricot Jam
Icing Sugar
Cream or Custard to serve.

Method

1) Butter a Pie dish ,  use 55grams of your Butter amount for this purpose
2) To make the sponge Cream the remaining Butter and Sugar until light
3) Then beat in the Eggs , Double Cream and Orange zest
4) Then Fold in the Flour and salt
5) Then peel , core and quarter your apples
6) Then spread 115 grams of the Apricot Jam at the bottom of the Pie dish
7)  spoon half the sponge on the top , then mix the apples with the remaining  Jam and add on top of this layer of sponge.
8)  Then cover this layer with the rest of Sponge and smooth . Bake @  160 oC for about an hour or until Golden.
9)  Then when cooled down dusr with Icing sugar and serve with cream or Custard




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